Charles Nesson Ruled Jointly Liable To Pay RIAA 207
eldavojohn writes "The highly anticipated Joel Tenenbaum trial ended in a disaster for Tenenbaum. But worse for his highly publicized lawyer, Charles Nesson, they are both liable for payment of the court's decision to the RIAA. Nesson's pro bono agreement with Tenenbaum may turn out to be a seriously expensive experiment for the Harvard Law Professor." As the Ars story points out, though, it's "some fees incurred by the RIAA during the trial" for which he'd be liable, not the whole judgment amount.
Re:Good and bad. (Score:2, Funny)
Nothing new (Score:4, Funny)
Those who can, do.
Those who can't, teach.
Those who can't teach, teach gym.
I know what it is! (Score:5, Funny)
...a pro bono lawyer they come with an agenda.
He's trying to HELP the RIAA; that way kids will stop downloading that BOOM BOOM music with all those FILTHY lyrics and he'll finally get SOME SLEEP!
NOW GET OFF HIS LAWN!
Re:Nothing new (Score:4, Funny)
You again - what do you have against gym? Lazy much?
Re:Good and bad. (Score:3, Funny)
That would stop everyone from ever being charged for anything.
You might as well just mail every citizen a loaded gun with a postcard saying "tomorrow is a free for all!".
Re:Good and bad. (Score:3, Funny)
that would be a hell of a prank. I would not take advantage of the free for all unless i really knew the specific date. I'd hate to find out the mail arrived early, and I wasnt allowed to go berserk until saturday .
Re:The lesson here is... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah. See how Obama turned out.
What?
Re:As usual... poor summary. (Score:5, Funny)
It'll succeed of Nesson decides to defend himself.
Re:Good and bad. (Score:4, Funny)
I've long felt that lawyers should be subject to the same outcome as their client. Don't want to get electrocuted, don't represent a murder. Don't want to end up a million dollars in the hole? Don't represent a doctor who's clearly guilty of malpractice.
I've heard lots of ideas for improving the legal system... some of them have been really good, and some of them have been really bad. Of all those, this is the worst idea I've ever.
I've heard a few worse ones, but I hold out hope that they were mostly jokes. I mean, ethical issues aside, I think we'd increase the deficit by buying enough chain to secure all our lawyers at the bottom of the ocean.
Re:Good and bad. (Score:3, Funny)
Prior to the trial, you shouldn't be sharing such an opinion with the guy on the next bar stool if you really care about justice.
He came to town to see a hangin' and by golly, a hangin' he's gonna see!
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Re:Only one explanation I can think of (Score:3, Funny)
Seems that if the RIAA is suing you, you would want one that is anti-Bono! ;)